SDG 3: GOOD HEALTH AND WELL BEING – Sustainable Development Goals

Exposure to screens of digital media devices, sleep, and concentration abilities in a sample of Israel adults

By: Green A., Dagan Y., Haim A.
Published in: Sleep and Biological Rhythms
SDGs : SDG 03 | Units: | Time: 2018 | Link
Description: A major consequence of the invasion of digital media devices with screens equipped with light-emitting diode (LED) into (more…)

Child maltreatment identification rates in a child development center: suggestions for improved detection

By: Schertz M., Karni-Visel Y., Hershkowitz I., Flaisher M., Hershkowitz F.
Published in: European Journal of Pediatrics
SDGs : SDG 03 | Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences | Time: 2018 | Link
Description: Under-identification of child maltreatment (CM) remains a significant problem. The study aim was to examine rates of CM (more…)

Modern statistical tools for inference and prediction of infectious diseases using mathematical models

By: Dattner I., Huppert A.
Published in: Statistical Methods in Medical Research
SDGs : SDG 03 | Units: Social Sciences | Time: 2018 | Link
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Valganciclovir Is Beneficial in Children with Congenital Cytomegalovirus and Isolated Hearing Loss

By: Pasternak Y., Ziv L., Attias J., Amir J., Bilavsky E.
Published in: Journal of Pediatrics
SDGs : SDG 03 | Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences | Time: 2018 | Link
Description: Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of antiviral treatment for infants with congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) with isola (more…)

Taxation of sugar sweetened beverages and unhealthy foods: A qualitative study of key opinion leaders’ views

By: Tamir O., Cohen-Yogev T., Furman-Assaf S., Endevelt R.
Published in: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research
SDGs : SDG 03 | Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences | Time: 2018 | Link
Description: Background: Fiscal policies to fight obesity such as taxation of unhealthy foods or sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) hav (more…)

The neuroscience of empathy – from past to present and future

By: Shamay-Tsoory S., Lamm C.
Published in: Neuropsychologia
SDGs : SDG 03 | Units: Social Sciences | Time: 2018 | Link
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Elective egg freezing and its underlying socio-demography: A binational analysis with global implications

By: Inhorn M.C., Birenbaum-Carmeli D., Birger J., Westphal L.M., Doyle J., Gleicher N., Meirow D., Dirnfeld M., Seidman D., Kahane A., Patrizio P.
Published in: Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology
SDGs : SDG 03 | Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences | Time: 2018 | Link
Description: Background: What are the underlying socio-demographic factors that lead healthy women to preserve their fertility throug (more…)

Diabetes after hormone therapy in breast cancer survivors: A case-cohort study

By: Hamood R., Hamood H., Merhasin I., Keinan-Boker L.
Published in: Journal of Clinical Oncology
SDGs : SDG 03 | Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences | Time: 2018 | Link
Description: Purpose Breast cancer treatments have been associated with an increased risk of multiple health-related adverse outcomes (more…)

Memoir of a father’s suicide

By: Virtzberg-Rofe’ D.
Published in: International Journal of Mental Health
SDGs : SDG 03 | Units: | Time: 2018 | Link
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Gerontological activism: an example of an intergenerational academic course within a university–community partnership

By: Agmon M., Doron I., Ergon-Karlin S.
Published in: Educational Gerontology
SDGs : SDG 03 | Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences | Time: 2018 | Link
Description: This article describes and discusses a novel academic course founded by the Faculty of Welfare and Health Studies at the (more…)

A path analysis model suggesting the association between health locus of control and compliance with childhood vaccinations

By: Amit Aharon A., Nehama H., Rishpon S., Baron-Epel O.
Published in: Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics
SDGs : SDG 03 | Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences | Time: 2018 | Link
Description: Despite vaccines benefits, parent’s vaccine hesitancy is growing. Health locus of control (HLOC) may affect decision mak (more…)

Who is sleepier on the night shift? The influence of bio-psycho-social factors on subjective sleepiness of female nurses during the night shift

By: Zion N., Drach-Zahavy A., Shochat T.
Published in: Ergonomics
SDGs : SDG 03 | Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences | Time: 2018 | Link
Description: Sleepiness is a common complaint during the night shift and may impair performance. The current study aims to identify b (more…)

NICHD-protocol investigations of individuals with intellectual disability: A descriptive analysis

By: Hershkowitz I.
Published in: Psychology, Public Policy, and Law
SDGs : SDG 03 | Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences | Time: 2018 | Link
Description: The current study followed investigative interviews with individuals with mild and moderate intellectual disability (ID) (more…)

Cognitive impairment and the association between frailty and functional deficits are linked to abdominal obesity in the elderly

By: Buch A., Carmeli E., Shefer G., Keinan-Boker L., Berner Y., Marcus Y., Goldsmith R., Stern N.
Published in: Maturitas
SDGs : SDG 03 | Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences | Time: 2018 | Link
Description: Objective: To evaluate whether specific obesity phenotypes in community-dwelling elderly: (a) affect differently the rel (more…)

Trajectories of marital, parent-child, and sibling conflict during pediatric cancer treatment

By: Katz L.F., Fladeboe K., Lavi I., King K., Kawamura J., Friedman D., Compas B., Breiger D., Lengua L., Gurtovenko K., Stettler N.
Published in: Health Psychology
SDGs : SDG 03 | Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences | Time: 2018 | Link
Description: Objective: The stress of having a child with cancer can impact the quality of relationships within the family. The curre (more…)

Environmental risk factors associated with low birth weight: The case study of the Haifa Bay Area in Israel

By: Svechkina A., Dubnov J., Portnov B.A.
Published in: Environmental Research
SDGs : SDG 03 | Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences | Time: 2018 | Link
Description: Background: Low birth weight (LBW) is known to be associated with infant mortality and postnatal health complications. P (more…)

Analgesic effects of reflexology in patients undergoing surgical procedures: A randomized controlled trial

By: Attias S., Sivan K., Avneri O., Sagee A., Ben-Arye E., Grinberg O., Sroka G., Matter I., Schiff E.
Published in: Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
SDGs : SDG 03 | Units: | Time: 2018 | Link
Description: Objective: Inadequate treatment of pain in patients undergoing surgery is associated with unsatisfactory perioperative o (more…)

Using Home-Program Adherence App in Pediatric Therapy: Case Study of Sensory Processing Disorder

By: Gal E., Steinberg O.
Published in: Telemedicine and e-Health
SDGs : SDG 03 | Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences | Time: 2018 | Link
Description: Background: Pediatric therapies adopt a family-centered approach that encourages a caregiver’s involvement in therapy. C (more…)

Trajectories of child and caregiver psychological adjustment in families of children with cancer

By: Katz L.F., Fladeboe K., King K., Gurtovenko K., Kawamura J., Friedman D., Compas B., Gruhn M., Breiger D., Lengua L., Lavi I., Stettler N.
Published in: Health Psychology
SDGs : SDG 03 | Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences | Time: 2018 | Link
Description: Objective: To describe the trajectory of patient and caregiver mental health from diagnosis through the first year of tr (more…)

Increased killer B cells in chronic HCV infection may lead to autoimmunity and increased viral load

By: Eiza N., Zuckerman E., Carlebach M., Rainis T., Goldberg Y., Vadasz Z.
Published in: Clinical and Experimental Immunology
SDGs : SDG 03 | Units: | Time: 2018 | Link
Description: Regulatory B (Breg) cells are characterized by various membrane markers and the secretion of different inhibitory cytoki (more…)

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